R 092206Z MAR 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 008/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS //
SUBJ/VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK//
POC/SHELITA WINFIELD/NF-04/UNIT:MFZ/-/TEL:703-784-0296/EMAIL:SHELITA.WINFIELD(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE WEEK OF 10-16 APRIL 2011 MARKS THIS YEAR'S VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK, A WEEK DEDICATED TO RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME, EFFORTS AND TALENTS TO HELPING OTHERS.  THE THEME FOR THE WEEK, "CELEBRATING PEOPLE IN ACTION", CAPTURES THE PHILANTHROPIC SPIRIT THAT HAS CHARACTERIZED AMERICANS THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY.  THE MARINE CORPS HAS BENEFITED FROM A SPECIAL CORPS OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING SUPPORT TO MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES.  MARINE CORPS VOLUNTEERS FULLY UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING EVERY MARINE AND FAMILY POISED AND READY FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.  WITH COMMITMENT, COMPASSION AND GRACIOUSNESS, OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE BUILT A LEGACY OF SERVICE TO THE CORPS AS THEY TIRELESSLY SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE AND INSPIRE OTHERS.  THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO OUR CORPS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.
2.  IN RECOGNITION OF VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK, I ENCOURAGE COMMANDERS TO PLAN ACTIVITIES THAT CONVEY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO OUR MARINE CORPS VOLUNTEERS.  TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM AND THANK THOSE WHO GIVE SO SELFLESSLY OF THEIR TIME.
3.  BONNIE AND I EXTEND OUR PERSONAL "THANK YOU" TO EVERYONE WHO VOLUNTEERS THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO SUPPORTING OUR MARINES, SAILORS AND THEIR FAMILIES.  WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES F. AMOS, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//